The Elephant in the room......
There is an old English Idiom....the elephant in the room. It refers to an obvious truth that everybody ignores. Usually it something everybody is thinking but nobody is bold enough to talk about; sort of like tiptoeing around the daisies. This thing is so big you can’t miss it, but let's just pretend it doesn’t exist, it's not in the room.
A lot of us have experienced the elephant in the room. It happens in our families a lot of times. Many times there has been abuse of some form or another. Doesn't matter if it was verbal, mental or sexual...it left a scar. Where we are today many times is a result of generational curses. Our dysfunction becomes our normal. We live our lives pretending and even convincing ourselves that "all is well". Many have learned to live in denial. We have compartmentalized the hurt, the embarrassment, the shame of our issues. The problem with compartments, however, is though it would seem they are closed, all tucked away... it's not what it appears. Just as going over turbulence on a plane can cause items in the overhead to shift or tumble out.... Sometimes in our life when we hit turbulence or a bump in the road...the elephants start tumbling out!
Many of us have personal elephants in the ....room of our lives...things about us that we ignore or don't see but everybody else can see. These elephants or issues detour us from our destiny. They are destroying friendships, marriages, families, jobs, even affecting us in ministries. These elephants care nothing about the lost opportunities. The wasted dreams...they just push us further from those promises that God so emphatically promised us. These elephants cause us to act out of character. They cause us to be angry, fearful, and even insecure. Others live with unforgiving hearts, etc.
Jesus has declared that we are to cast our cares/our problems on him. He has promised ....come unto me all ye that labor and heavy ladened and I will give you rest. Therein lies the problem... We have not cast these cares...these issues...we have thought somehow if we run from these problems...these issues...that somehow they would go away! They won't! We must confess our inadequacy…our weakness. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. We must bring it to the strong one, Jesus Christ! Our deliverer! Our redeemer! Yes, our earnest prayer ought to be....Lord, help us to get the elephant out of the room...Our Destiny depends on it!!
The Bishop
There is an old English Idiom....the elephant in the room. It refers to an obvious truth that everybody ignores. Usually it something everybody is thinking but nobody is bold enough to talk about; sort of like tiptoeing around the daisies. This thing is so big you can’t miss it, but let's just pretend it doesn’t exist, it's not in the room.
A lot of us have experienced the elephant in the room. It happens in our families a lot of times. Many times there has been abuse of some form or another. Doesn't matter if it was verbal, mental or sexual...it left a scar. Where we are today many times is a result of generational curses. Our dysfunction becomes our normal. We live our lives pretending and even convincing ourselves that "all is well". Many have learned to live in denial. We have compartmentalized the hurt, the embarrassment, the shame of our issues. The problem with compartments, however, is though it would seem they are closed, all tucked away... it's not what it appears. Just as going over turbulence on a plane can cause items in the overhead to shift or tumble out.... Sometimes in our life when we hit turbulence or a bump in the road...the elephants start tumbling out!
Many of us have personal elephants in the ....room of our lives...things about us that we ignore or don't see but everybody else can see. These elephants or issues detour us from our destiny. They are destroying friendships, marriages, families, jobs, even affecting us in ministries. These elephants care nothing about the lost opportunities. The wasted dreams...they just push us further from those promises that God so emphatically promised us. These elephants cause us to act out of character. They cause us to be angry, fearful, and even insecure. Others live with unforgiving hearts, etc.
Jesus has declared that we are to cast our cares/our problems on him. He has promised ....come unto me all ye that labor and heavy ladened and I will give you rest. Therein lies the problem... We have not cast these cares...these issues...we have thought somehow if we run from these problems...these issues...that somehow they would go away! They won't! We must confess our inadequacy…our weakness. His strength is made perfect in our weakness. We must bring it to the strong one, Jesus Christ! Our deliverer! Our redeemer! Yes, our earnest prayer ought to be....Lord, help us to get the elephant out of the room...Our Destiny depends on it!!
The Bishop
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